show you that george mcgovern is a bipartisan kind of guy we have my colleague from missouri, joann emersonho i should tell you has been an unbelievable leader to combat hunger and her and i have teamed up and the one-two punch like george mcgovern and bob dole have done in the united states senate but we have tried to improve not only the food and nutrition programs here in the united states but around the world and she's a dear friend and i'm proud that she's here and i want to introduce congressman joann emerson. >> thank you very much. thank you all. now it's important for me to say to y'all that i would be here even if you hadn't written this wonderful book about abraham lincoln who was of my party, i might say, but i'm here really to honor you, george, because you have been -- not only for my late husband but before me but also you have been an inspiration to me to really get my hands dirty and work across the aisle and jim and i have been become dear, dear friends as a result of what you and bob dole did, whether it was with food stamps, whether it's the global education school feedi

. >>> democratic congressman elijah cummings joins me and joanne emerson, a republican and mark potak joins me and kimberly martin and lisa jackson, terrific new film what is going on in the congo and nbc's chuck todd at the white house and richard engel live in afghanistan. let's fast forward through the top headlines. a small plane crashed from taking off in new jersey in sussex. police say two men flown to a nearby hospital and one of the men may have a broken leg. >>> u.s. troops in afghanistan launched a new operation to uproot taliban fighters ahead of next week's presidential election. eastern result two is designed to make months of stalemate in the south where the taliban remained entrenched. >>> host of a crime show in brazil is accused of ordering five killings and sent tv cameras to arrive to the scene before police. he faces several weapons charges and drug charge and yet to be charged directly with the murders. >>> a short time ago, president obama hosted a reception for newly confirmed supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. the president praised her and called her an in